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  • Home Cooked Favorites From Near and Far
    • Home Cooked Favorites Odds and Ends
      • Basic Pie Pastry Recipe
      • BBQ Rub For Smoking
      • Tortola Rum Cake
    • Asian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Cantonese Beef Steak
      • Chicken and Mango Stir Fry
      • Chinese Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
      • Chinese Beef Curry
      • Chinese Chicken Curry
      • Chinese Hot and Spicy Chicken
      • Fresh Spring Rolls
      • Hot and Sour Soup
      • Indonesian Beef Rendang
      • Pork, Asparagus, and Red Peppers With Oyster Sauce and Noodles
      • Pork (or Chicken) Stuffed Pineapple
      • Singapore Rice Noodles
      • Spicy Ground Pork With Tofu
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Udon Noodles
    • Canadian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Beef Bourguignon or Beef Stew
      • Bratwurst Casserole with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Deep Dish Turkey Pot Pie
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
      • Hungarian Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy
      • Pork and Lima Bean Casserole
      • Pork Loin Roast With Potatoes, Onions, and Carrots
      • Quebecois Tourtiere Recipe
      • Shepherd’s Pie
      • Sole Filets a la Bretonne
      • Steak and Kidney Pie
      • Swedish Meatballs and Gravy
    • Italian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Baked Balsamic Chicken Parmesan
      • Baked Cheese Cannelloni In Meat Sauce
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara With Smoked Meat
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Chicken Puttanesca Recipe
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Lasagna
      • Italian Meat Sauce
      • Italian Pastas
      • Italian Tomato Sauce
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Pasta With Ground Lamb and Tomato Sauce
      • Ravioli with 3 Cheeses in Meat Sauce
      • Smoked Chicken Carbonara
      • Spezzatino di Manzo al Chianti (Beef Stew)
      • Veal Scaloppini in Green Pepper Sauce
    • Mediterranean Home Cooked Favorites
      • Lamb Meatballs in a Curry Sauce
      • Mediterranean Cod With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Moroccan Chicken With Lentils
      • Moroccan Ground Lamb with Chickpeas
      • Orzo With Fresh Basil and Parmesan
      • Orzo With Parmesan, Peas, and Tomatoes
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Veal Scaloppini with Saffron Cream and Mushroom Sauce
    • Mexican and Latin American Home Cooked Favorites
      • Albondigas Soup (Meatball Soup)
      • Black Beans and Rice
      • Chipotle In Adobo Sauce
      • Enchilada Sauce
      • Fish Tortillas
      • Guacamole Salsa
      • Mexican Beef Birria
      • Mexican Chicken Enchilada Casserole
      • Mexican Rice
      • Mexican Stuffed Green Peppers
      • Pork In Tomatillo Sauce (Yucatan Salsa Verde)
      • Pork Tortillas
      • Smoked Pork Burritos
      • Tamale Casserole With Masa
      • White Bean Chicken Enchilada
  • My Reviews of Netflix Foreign Movies and TV Series
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Belgian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Danish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Dutch
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Finnish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – French
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – German
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Icelandic
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Norwegian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Polish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Russian
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Spanish
    • My Reviews of Global Netflix Series – Swedish
  • Travel Stories – Then and Now
    • Countries and Languages
    • Food and Recipes
    • Travel – Land, Air, and Sea
  • Travel Phrases For Using On Cruises or Resorts
    • Travel Phrases – Dutch
    • Travel Phrases – Finnish
    • Travel Phrases – German
    • Travel Phrases – Indonesian
    • Travel Phrases – Italian
    • Travel Phrases – Norwegian
    • Travel Phrases – Spanish
    • Travel Phrases – Swedish
    • Travel Phrases – Turkish

Category: Travel – Land, Air, and Sea

Late October 2022 – Fall Not Autumn

October 24, 2022 jamesbalicki

Yup … even later than usual…  . It’s been pretty busy around here lately . We finally had our basement…

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September … Beginning Of Many Starts…

September 19, 2022 jamesbalicki

Yup … late … again . No real excuse … except still doing a lot of studying. September has always…

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July … and Hot August Nights …

August 15, 2022 jamesbalicki

It has been a month since I’ve updated – again ☹. The time passes so fast and there is so…

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End of June … Beginning of July …

July 13, 2022 jamesbalicki

It has been a month since I’ve updated – me bad!! It has been crazy busy – I was studying…

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End of May Beginning of June …

June 5, 2022 jamesbalicki

I had planned on updating last weekend but due to storms and service provider outages we were pretty much without…

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May 2022 – A Trip Down Maymory Lane …

May 15, 2022 jamesbalicki

May for me is a month full of memories – some sad, some happy, some just memories. My mother (center…

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April 2022 – Spring Is Sprung … The Grass Is Green …

April 17, 2022 jamesbalicki

I’ve been a little remiss – I haven’t posted in almost a month – but I’ve been pretty busy with…

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March 2022 – The Ides of March, St Patrick’s, and Spring

March 20, 2022 jamesbalicki

March has always been a bit of a busy month – ominous portents,  festivities (St. Patrick’s Day) and Spring; The…

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February 2022 – Getting Back To Normal and Back to Chaos …

February 26, 2022 jamesbalicki

The last couple of weeks have seen a lot of change and a slow return to normal… The Canadian Government…

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February 2022 … Let The Games Begin …

February 9, 2022 jamesbalicki

All kinds of fun and games have been happening over the last few weeks. Political games: the federal Conservatives got…

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January 2022 … New Year Same Old …

January 19, 2022 jamesbalicki

A new year – and nothing has really changed .  Record numbers of Omicron and COVID-19;   people whining about the…

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Bye Bye 2021 …. Hello 2022 …

January 2, 2022 jamesbalicki

Well, there it was … gone. The last two weeks went by pretty quick … this time of year usually…

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Mid December – Almost To The End of the Year …

December 14, 2021 jamesbalicki

I’ve been off the last two weeks – use it or lose it vacation time – and I’m now back…

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November – Catching Up On The Last Month …

November 26, 2021 jamesbalicki

It’s been a busy month … I haven’t had a lot of time to catch up on the blog. ……

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Two Months In Country … Fifteen Months With Doug the Dog …

October 26, 2021 jamesbalicki

It’s been two months since the movers emptied the house on Frederick Crescent and moved halve our stuff to Sparta…

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